Hammer-handle.



c. R'. SNYDER.

HAMMER HANDLE. APPLICATION FILEDA JAN. 19. 1915.

Patented Oct. 17, 1916.

Witnesses Attoreys CHARLES R. SNYDER, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON'.

HAMMER-HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

,Patented 0ct.'1*7, 1916.

Application filed January 19,1915. Serial No. 3,128.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES R.l SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of l/Vashington, have invented a new and useful Hammer-Handle, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a tool and the invention in the present instance is embodied in the form Aof a hammer.

The invention aims to improve the handle construction, so as to make the same unusually rigid.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for assembling the handle with a head.

It is within the scope of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing z-F igure 1 shows the invention in side elevation; Fig. 2 shows the invention in elevation, the view point in Fig. 2 being 90 degrees remote from the View point in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 shows the invention in end elevation, looking toward the head; Fig. 4 is a fragmental longitudinal section wherein sundry parts appear in elevation; Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a cross section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1; Fig. 7 is a plan of one of the side members of the handle, looking toward the interior thereof.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a head denoted generally by the numeral 1 and embodying a socket 2. The opening through the vsocket 2 and through the head 1 is denoted by the reference character 3 and is of tapered form. If desired, the head 1 may include a peen 4, and the head embodies spaced pulling prongs 5.

The handle comprises an inelastic strip of metal 6. The str1 6 is of unequal transJ verse dimensions, flic' longer transverse da punch. The recess 7 serves to bulge out the strip 6 thereby to form a projection 8 coacting with the socket 2 adjacent one end of the opening 3 to limit the introduction of the handle forming strip 6 into the opening 3. As indicated clearly in Fig. 3, theV cross sectional area of the strip 6 is considerably lessthan. the cross sectional area of the opening 3 at the` larger end of the opening 3, and'into the space thus defined is poured a homogeneous coalescent mass of 'fusible material 9 which may bel lead, Babbitt metal or the like. Owing to the fact that the strip 6 fills closely, the smaller end of the opening 3, the molten metal indicated at 9 may be poured into place about the end of the strip 6, but will not run down the strip below the hammer head. By the operation above described, the strip 6 is secured firmly in the opening 3, and in order that the mounting of the strip 6 may be unusually secure, the strip 6 may be provided with an opening 10'through which the mass of fused metal passes, as indicated at 11 in Fig. 4.

If desired, side plates 12 may be applied to opposite faces of the handle forming strip l 6. The side plates 12 may be fashioned from any desired material. Aluminum may be used if desired, and when this metal is employed the side plates 12 preferably are hollowed out interiorly as shown at 14 to define longitudinal cavities, across which eX- tend an intermediate rib 15 and end ribs 16. Through the strip 6 and through the ribs 15 and 16 extend securing elements 17 which may be rivets.

The handle'forming strip 6 is strong and durable and will outlastV many common wooden handles. Owing to the particular handle construction employed, ythe hammer may be given a better bala-nce than would be possibleotherwise. The filling metal 9 may be aluminum, where lightness in the head is desired and it is to bernoted that the wei 'ht of the head may be varied by using di .erd

ent metals at the point indicated. Owing` to the fact that the strip 6 is secured to the head l by fusible metal the handle will never become loose in the head and the operation of mounting the handle in the head may be carried out by any person having simple means for melting and pouring'a small quantity of metal. The handle will never shrink, split, swell or rot. ln order to remove the handle forming strip, should ysuoli an operation be necessary, the head l and a portion of the strip 6 may be inserted into a fire until the fusible metal 9 runs away, the head 1 of course being fashioned from some metal'having a much higher melting point than the melting point of the metal employed vat 9. Itis entirely unnecessary to shape the handle G for various sized openings in the head 1, inequalities in this Vregard being compensated for by the use of the fusible metal 9. Since the longer transf verse dimension of the strip 6 extends substantially parallel to the prongs 5, the handle will have a maximum rigidity when the prongs are in use. The hole 10 in the strip 6 (which hole may be of any desired form) receives a portion of the metal 9 as shown at 11 and aids in holding the handle in place in the head. Since the opening 10 is located within the contour of the head l, the handle forming strip 6 is not weakened. Owing to the presence of the projection or shoulder 8, and owing to the fact that the metal 9 coalesces through the opening 10 as shown at 1l, the strip 6 cannot move into the head l to an undesirable extent.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A striking-tool embodying a head having a tapered eye; a handle a portion of which is located in the eye, the handle having` a head-engaging stop limiting the introduction of the handle into the eye, said portion of the h-andle being of the same cross-sectional area as the smaller' end only of the eye, and having an. opening lying within the contour of said portion and within the eye; and a mass of fusible material located in the eye and surrounding the eye-received portion of the handle and lilling the eye and the opening.

l'n testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES R. SNYDER.

Witnesses:

J. E. OLEARY, H. M. HOWARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, ID. C. 

